, does it sting ?
"Deep heat " spray , more believable !
...I wash my hands of this form of behaviour...
I had conduit threading Swarf, mixed with Tallow, applied to my genitalia when I was a Lad, needless to say Mummy and Daddy were not pleased with the state of their Son on returning home from work.
Although my Dad was peesed off, he was in the building trade himself, he had the sense not to complain, can you imagine the fate of Pete999 Junior if he had? my life would have been hell.
It wasn't like some folk might like to suggest molestation, it was what it was, a form of gratuitous fun, that everyone was expecting if they wanted to progress.
Was it right? maybe not, but in those days it was expected, was it sexual? never in a million years, you just got on with life, I had a great relationship with the guys that got me a couple of times, they taught me a lot about electrics, I was even The best man at one chaps wedding, say what you will, was it abuse? yes I suppose it was, but time and life was very different in my time as an Apprentice, has it affected me? no way, part of growing up I guess, did I participate in initiation when I was qualified? no, I took the pees but some 4 or 5 years had passed and peoples opinions had hanged.